Blogging in Media and Technology
Mr. Laurienti grew up in Grand Junction, Denver, and South Dakota. As a child, he liked to read and write but teaching wasn’t his idea of fun. Before he chose to be a teacher Mr. Laurenti wanted to be an actor or an artist. At the age of 14, Mr. Laurenti knew that what he…
I recently interviewed Mr. Newman a student teacher here at Fruita 8/9 and this is some feedback that I got from him. Mr. Newman was born here in Grand Junction and has lived here all of his life. When he was a child his dream was to become a Lego engineer. He started liking biology…
My first part of media productions was about making commercials for the school. To make commercials you need to record with the camera and then use the program “Video Pad” to edit. When you record you mainly use the tripod. The tripod makes it so that the video is steady and not shaky like when…
Media productions is a class that gives students the opportunity to do some pretty fun things. You can do things like, shoot a commercial, make your own podcast, do the Fruita 8-9 daily announcements, and you also get to publish on your own blog. This class has taught me some pretty important skills, like how…
Samsung has officially announced they are currently working on new technology that provides data transmission several hundred times faster than 4G. They announced Monday that they plan to “accelerate the research and development of 5G mobile communications technologies”. This means basically, they’re in the process of developing this new 5G technology. Consumers should plan of…
The long-waited sequel to the “Iron Man” has finally emerged, and is dominating this weekend’s box-office. As some movie-goers may know, the movies are based on the “Iron Man” Marvel comic books. Which follow brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark, played by Robert Downy Jr. In this new addition to the films, Stark has his back against…
This generation of high school students has the largest homework workload in recorded history. You will always hear students complain about having homework, but is it really too much for students to handle? Especially for those student athletes or those students who volunteer. Students pull piles of papers that stack on top of their…
Ryan Lewis Ryan Lewis is a person of many talents. He is a musician, music producer, music video director, photographer, graphic designer, and DJ. Ryan Lewis works very closely to Ben Haggerty, aka Macklemore. He also produces for himself, and for other artists such as LP. Lewis has directed almost all of the…
This week for my interview, I decided to interview one of my favorite teachers, Mr. Majors. Mr. Majors is a 9th grade AP Human Geography teacher at Fruita 8/9. He was born in Englewood California, and he went to college at Tennessee State University. He enjoyed biking as a kid, and he did things like…
The Piper Archer TX is full of many designs. With a 180 hp Lycoming engine and an advanced avionics suite, the Archer TX is an elegant and reliable aircraft that offers a fuel burn of about 9 gph at 65% power, which is comparable to its 160 hp sibling, the Piper Warrior. It makes the…